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SPIRITUAL DIRECTION
We consider all of the work that we do here at the Center as spiritual in nature. In the context of ‘Original Sin', which all Christian denominations hold in their own way, our task is understood to help the individual face that original wounding and move to heal it. We further understand that to be a life long process. What we do here at the Center is to help the individual into an awareness of what those wounds are and how to be able to move out of operating out of those wounds. That certainly is spiritual by definition.

However, there are different forms of spiritual direction practiced here which is a matter of emphasis rather than of substance. One form of spiritual direction would have an emphasis on the psychological dynamics of what is happening in the inner world and moving to heal those wounds using psychological tools.

The second emphasis a spiritual and religious understanding of what is going on within the inner world. We talk about how that effects prayer, using Scripture in understanding and addressing those inner processes. The language used is in the traditional, ‘spiritual' mode. Jack Walters has written two books. One is called, HEALING THE FRACTURED SELF; the other is called JESUS: HEALER OF OUR INNER WORLD. Both books examine and address the places of inner wounding. The first book examines that wounding with psychological language and concepts with a background of spiritual awareness. The second does exactly the same but in the context of the Judeo-Christian tradition. The foreground of the book is spiritual/religious in nature but the background has a psychological underpinning.

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